Many women have asked me if it is possible to have a well-built complete wardrobe on a limited budget. "Money," I tell them, "is no guarantee of taste and the fitness of things, and an overstuffed closet is often as bare as a skeleton when it comes to wearable apparel."

Edith Head

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A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose e... by Edith Head

A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to prove you're a lady.

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You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it. by Edith Head

You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

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Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never wi... by Edith Head

Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will - like an instinct.

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What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen he's become a different person.

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Building a proper wardrobe is like building a home. Indeed, you should think of it like a home, because it is something you're going to live in. It must be comfortable and suit all your needs.

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Clothes are the way you present yourself to the world; they affect the way the world feels and thinks about you; subconsciously they affect the way you feel and think about yourself.

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Marlene Dietrich and Roy Rogers are the only two living humans who should be allowed to wear black leather pants.

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Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the compl... by Edith Head

Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.

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A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes. by Edith Head

A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.

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You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.

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There's no such thing as a standard size movie star, or woman for... by Edith Head

There's no such thing as a standard size movie star, or woman for that matter.

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I always wear beige, black or white. For one thing I look good in them. For another, when I'm beside a star at a fitting, and she looks into the mirror, I don't want to be competing in any

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Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately.

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I assure you that even the most beautiful women are not pretty all over. They have merely learned to use clothes deftly enough to give

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Life is competitive; clothes gird us for the competition. by Edith Head

Life is competitive; clothes gird us for the competition.

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We don't make glamorous movies today. Everything now is very realistic, artistic - and depressing. When is the last time you you saw a wonderful musical or a fabulous fantasy?

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Growing old gracefully used to begin at about 35, but today women prefer to 'stay young gratefully' with thanks to designers, beauticians and plastic surgeons.

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Some people need sequins, others don't. by Edith Head

Some people need sequins, others don't.

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My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the c... by Edith Head

My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.

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With women, there's a basic female instinct of caring deeply about the way they look; women stars have a narcissist complex.

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